“I love poking fun at the traditional ideal of what makes a successful American woman,” said the artist of her first L.A. exhibition.

It’s hard to believe it took this long for pop artist Ashley Longshore — who skewers the glam life in flowery, glittered and bejeweled paintings with slogans such as “You don’t look fat you look crazy” and “Stop taking selfies and get back to f–king work” — to have an exhibition in Los Angeles.

But to hear her tell it like only she can, it took her this long to find the right partner in perfumer and florist-to-the-stars Eric Buterbaugh, who has a love of bon mots himself — check his Instagram — that made them fast friends, and is opening his Beverly Boulevard gallery for Longshore’s first L.A. exhibition, which runs from today to May 24.

“This feels like home,” the New Orleans painter says on a recent morning at the indoor-outdoor gallery, holding forth in ripped jeans, an Elie Saab cape, Celine boots and a Dapper Dan gold necklace worthy of a hip-hop MC. Already a Hollywood and fashion world favorite, she counts Blake Lively, Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek as fans, has collaborated with Diane von Furstenberg on a powerful women series for her studio, Bergdorf Goodman on home accessories, Judith Leiber on bags and more.

Ashley Longshore’s L.A. show runs through May 24 at the Eric Buterbaugh Gallery.

She created more than two dozen new works for the L.A. show, priced from $7,000 to $46,000. “I thought ‘You don’t look fat, you look crazy’ was perfect for L.A.,” she says of one of the paintings. “Ten years ago I used to go to these lunches with these trophy wives in New Orleans who used to talk about having their husbands snipped, getting liposuction on their pinky toes, and what they’d wear to the Christmas party when it was July. They also used to talk about how they looked fat, and I said, ‘You don’t look fat, you look crazy.’…I just stopped going to lunch. Lunches are for losers. Who said that, Gordon Gekko?”

Another new work reads, “’I do not cook, I do not clean, I do not fly commercial.’ ‘Is there anything more L.A.?’” she laughs. “Eat ice cream, kombucha sucks” is another. “Ain’t nothing wrong with kombucha, but allow yourself to have some damn ice cream,” says Longshore, who insists she is not just knocking Angelenos.

“What I love about Los Angeles is that magic, this is where you feel like you can make all your dreams happen,” she says. “But it’s also about work. Instant gratification gets you pregnant, drunk or high, everything else you’re going to have to work for.”

Longshore’s larger-than-life persona, feminist outlook and deliciously filthy mouth have Hollywood reality TV producers salivating. “It would be a disservice to my collectors to do anything as tacky as that,” she sniffs, while admitting she is taking a few meetings in L.A..

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Her colorful personal style often involves some piece of Gucci — she collaborated with the brand on knits — and a Louis Vuitton bag — she’s got a Jeff Koons “Rubens” duffel in tow. “Hell yes, I love fashion, one might say I’m a bit masculine. I don’t wear a lot of skirts or dresses; I love track suits, big hair, capes, accessories, pearls. Fashion is just an extension of who I am. It’s how the world goes ‘damn, she ain’t normal!’”

“We dress her a lot,” says Christian Siriano at her Thursday night opening, adding that they are working on a project together for next season, and that he has his eye on one of her Kate Moss-as-a-nun paintings. “She’s wild, I love her.”

“I realized last night I am camp,” says Longshore, recalling her highlights from the Met Gala red carpet. “Putting myself out there for other people to enjoy the joy is my schtick.”

In L.A., she’s being feted by size-inclusive retailer 11 Honoré. “I’m not a size 2, I will never be a size 2. I can starve myself, I ain’t never going to look like Gisele. This is genetics from my father,” she says, adding, “I love the diversity happening in fashion and business now. It’s about damn time as someone who does a lot in the fashion industry, I’ve got money God damn it, make sure it fits me, too!”

A Southern belle on hell’s wheels, Longshore grew up in Montgomery, Ala. “I had a monogram on my underwear until I started my period!” she quips. “But I love how the fashion world is changing. Women have jobs, their job isn’t shopping all day. They aren’t going to put on pantyhose and four-inch heels, they’re going to wear a track suit and whatever they want.”

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Her work is equally real — with a glossy veneer on top. She revels in fame, fortune and feminine froth, then winks at it.

“I love poking fun at the traditional ideal of what makes a successful American woman,” says Longshore, who has a coffee table book with Rizzoli coming out later this year. “But this isn’t about Birkin bags and your rich-a– husband. This is about opportunity, which we still have even though our president is crazy pills USA. Get off your ass and go make your own money!”

But there’s beauty with the brash, evident in a painting of pink flowers with the words, “It could be worse.”

“I’m a joy seeker and this is about joy,” she says, explaining that her commercial success has been buoyed by her social media presence, brand collaborations and business philosophy to work outside the gallery system and host pop-ups around the world instead. “People who are buying art are living with my spirit, there is an intimacy and connection, and I want to know who they are and I do.”

After she wraps her week in L.A., she’ll check back in on New Orleans, where her studio on Magazine Street is her spiritual home. You can understand her love for that city in her description of it: “New Orleans is a city that celebrates the arts, there ain’t no valet or Bentleys, everything is the uncut possibility of a diamond. There is this mystery and intrigue in the courtyards and poets and chefs and painters and sculptors…the soil is a breeding ground of creative thought. And you get caught in a riptide of wildness.”

Social Studies

You might not know who Beanie Feldstein is now, but the breakout star is poised to be a name synonymous with comedy. ⁣⁣
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Beanie stars in @OliviaWilde's directorial debut "Booksmart," opening today. The film has been dubbed the female "Superbad" — which is somewhat ironic since Beanie is actor Jonah Hill's younger sister. ⁣⁣
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“She is sort of like Paris Geller meets Lisa Simpson with a little bit of Sandra Bullock in ‘Miss Congeniality.’ I liked the idea of showing that a girl can be silly and loose with her friends and also be really intense and kind of biting at school,” Beanie said of her character, Molly.⁣ ⁣
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The actress also said that Wilde’s take on the story is “fresh and honest” and she was “whip-smart” in her directorial debut.⁣
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It looks like Kris isn't the only momager in the Kardashian-Jenner family. ⁣
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Kim Kardashian is setting up son Psalm West for success in the fashion, beauty and home sectors — at the ripe old age of two weeks. ⁣
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On May 18, Kardashian filed a trademark for her son for “Psalm West” under her company, Kimsaprincess, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. ⁣
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Now all of the West children have trademarks filed under their names. ⁣
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Natalie Portman, Uma Thurman, Kate Moss, and Roger Federer at the Moët & Chandon in France. ⁣
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The intimate dinner celebrated the 150th anniversary of its Brut Imperial blend, at its just-reopened Château de Saran overlooking the vineyards of the Champagne region in the east of France.⁣
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There were fireworks, towering pyramids of Champagne glasses — plus vines and VIPs as far as the eye could see. ⁣
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Shailene Woodley has no desire to keep up with the superficial standards of Hollywood.⁣
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“If you look at Hollywood — and I’m no saint in this regard — but every single time somebody gets a little bit more famous, they get a little bit thinner, and they get a little bit blonder, and they get a little bit more defined in their face,” Woodley says. ⁣
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“There’s sort of this sense of machinery that can happen to people in the limelight, and I was very fortunate also at a young age to work with so many incredible, strong women who were already a little rebellious in their own ways against the machinery that can be this industry.” ⁣
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Styling: @thealexbadia⁣
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Production: @jgreenery⁣
Beauty: @keithcarpenterhair & @tyronmachhausen ⁣
Market: @andrew_shang & @elmercer⁣

The Prada Group is going fur-free. ⁣
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The company will no longer use animal fur in its designs or new products, starting from the spring/summer 2020 women’s collections. ⁣
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Creative director Miuccia Prada explained that the company “is committed to innovation and social responsibility,” and that its fur-free policy “is an extension of that engagement.”⁣
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Soccer superstar Lionel Messi is launching an apparel collection. ⁣
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The Argentine athlete, who captains both FC Barcelona and the Argentina national team, has partnered with MGO, a brand portfolio company whose chief creative officer is Tommy Hilfiger’s sister, Ginny Hilfiger, to create Messi.⁣
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The premium lifestyle brand with “a sporty edge” will be primarily men’s wear but will include a few women’s tops as well, according to Hilfiger.⁣
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Hilfiger said despite his fame and wealth, Messi “is a really humble, generous and kind person and a great role model. He has been involved since we started talking to the Messi family two-and-a-half years ago when we presented the idea to them. ⁣
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Once upon a time in Cannes, @ellefanning had another major red carpet-moment in @Dior.
Tap the link in bio to read what growing up in Hollywood was like for the youngest-ever jury member at Cannes.
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Shailene Woodley is an all-in or not-at-all kind of woman — leading her to get the reputation as the hippie of Hollywood. ⁣
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She views her experience of “breaking out,” if you will, as a kind of shepherding by older, wiser female costars along the way, women she says helped her steel herself against the superficial demands of the industry. ⁣
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One of those women, @reesewitherspoon, spoke to us about Woodley's inspiring performance on "Big Little Lies." “Her portrayal of a woman who is both a survivor of sexual assault and a single mother raising her child alone in a new community is one of the most truthful performances I’ve ever seen. There is a scene in episode two of this season where Jane explains her assault to Ziggy that moves me to tears every time I see it," Witherspoon said. ⁣
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Woodley's acting choices have earned her a reputation for being a talented and utterly professional one to watch, but it’s her candid, unabashed activism in real-life that people are taking notice of. ⁣
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“I think it’s very easy for all of us to be comfortable in our bubbles and to be comfortable in the lives of privilege that a lot of us live, to be comfortable in our own space, in our own opinions, in our own forms of what we think is right or wrong, black and white, justice and non-justice — but ultimately until every single person on this planet feels like they are treated like a proper human being, I’m not going to stop because more than anything, I’m just somebody who deeply feels,” Woodley said.
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